GLOSSARY. 



ACULEATE. Armed with prickles. 



ACUMINATE. Tapering to a slender point. 



ACUTE. Pointed; ending in a sharp point. 



ADVESTJTIOUS. That which comes from abroad ; as a plant in- 

 troduced by chance. 



ADVENTITIOUS BUDS. Buds produced without order on any part of 

 the plant. 



ANASTOMOSING. Forming a network ; as veins uniting with one 

 another. 



ANNULUS. A ring, especially that which surrounds the spore-cases 

 in most ferns. 



ANTHERIDIA. The male organs on the prothallium. 



APICULATE. Terminating abruptly with a small point. 



ARCHEGONIA. The female organs on the prothallium. 



AREOLA (PL. AREOL/E). A space enclosed by anastomosing veinlets. 



AREOLATE. Having areolae. 



ARTICULATED. Jointed or having the appearance of a joint. 



AURICLED. -Eared. 



AURICULATE. With ear -like appendages. 



BIPINNATE. Twice pinnate. 



BIPINNATIFID. Twice pinnatifid. 



BLADE. The expanded, leafy portion of a frond. 



BRISTLE. A stiff hair ; any slender outgrowth from the plant as in 

 the fruiting parts of filmy ferns. 



BULBIFEROUS. Bearing little bulblets. 



BULBLET. A small bulb, especially such as are borne upon leaves 

 or in their axils. 



CAUDATE. With a slender, tail-like appendage. 



CAUDEX. A trunk, especially that of a tree-fern. 



CHAFF. Slender, papery scales. 



CHARTACEOUS. Having the texture of parchment. 



CHLOROPHYLL. The green colouring matter of plants. 



